Gegege no Kitarou (1968)

Kitaro verhandelt ein übernatürliches Baseballspiel, um einen magischen Schläger von menschlichen Kindern zurückzugewinnen.

A kid named Donpei walked through a graveyard and finds a baseball bat on the ground with some funny writing on it. He swings it for fun and finds that anything he hits always lands where he wants. He becomes famous at school for always hitting home-runs. This bat belongs to a Youkai baseball team and this team asks Kitaro to get the bat back from the humans. Kitaro explains to the human kids they need the bat back but they won't. Kitaro offers a Baseball game at 3am to settle the issue; if the Humans win the Youkai will give up on the bat and if the Youkai win the human kids will have to give up their lives. Donpei's team accepts. The games is canceled before the game finished because the Youkai don't want to be caught in the sun. The issue is settled with the Youkai getting their bat back while the humans keep their lives. (Source: Wikipedia)

Kitaro kämpft gegen den Seelen stehlenden Dämon Yasha, der einen besessenen Gitarristen nutzt, um Kinder in Ballons zu fangen.

Yasha is a demon that steals children's souls. It lures children to it by possessing a person and plays hypnotizing music on a guitar. The souls are stored in balloons to be eaten later. Yasha's true form is hair. Kitaro's soul gets stolen as well but his father brings his soul back to him before he is killed. In a fight with Yasha, Kitaro calls for his Youkai Lamp (a fire spirit) and burns Yasha to death. The souls of the children are returned. (Source: Wikipedia)

Kitaro konfrontiert Rat-Man und eine Youkai-Burg, die monatliche Kinderopfer fordert.

The seal on a youkai castle is taken off by Nezumi-otoko [Rat-man] and the youkai from the castle requests children from a village to be given to the castle once a month to turn them into youkai. Kitaro happens to be walking by and offers to help. Kitaro asks to borrow one girl to be bait for the bad youkai. Nezumi-otoko comes to get the girl which surprises Kitaro because they know each other. Nezumi-otoko is known to be greedy and not care for anyone other than himself and is only helping the youkai of the castle for fun. The girl gets taken from Kitaro. Kitaro gets in a series of fights with the Youkai of the castle. In the end he is flattened and his chanchanko [his magic vest] is taken by Nezumi-otoko. Kitaro channels his mind into the chanchanko and threatens to suffocate Nezumi-otoko remotely and makes him re-seal the castle. Kitaro becomes un-flattened with help from his father and saves the girl before morning. (Source: Wikipedia)

Kitaro vermutet einen Vampir in Paris, während eine globale Bedrohung auftritt

In Paris, a party is being held at the Opera Hotel. Poor Princess Katarina, is the 13th victim who's had their blood sucked dry, by a vampire who can suck blood from his fingers. The people in France are unaware of this, and believe the causes are from an unknown disease. News of these tragedies soon spreads to Japan, and the citizen are worried the disease will effect them as well. But Kitarō has already suspected the issue to be caused by a vampire and walks away from the laughing humans. Unknown to Kitarō the yōkai around the globe have heard of him, and stories of his good deeds. The vampire in France feels threatened by Kitarō, and chooses to head to Japan, to assassinate him before there's even a chance that he'll get in his way in the future. (Source: Wikipedia)

Kitarō reist nach Neuguinea, um den alten Yōkai Zeokuronodon mit skeptischen Forschern zu studieren.

Kitarō is requested by researchers to head to New Guinea to study Zeokuronodon, a yōkai who has lived there for 3 million years. However one of the researchers, Shūichi Yamada is not so thrilled with Kitarō joining them, for he is a man of science and does not believe that the supernatural would be of any help. (Source: GeGeGe no Kitarō Wiki)

Kitaro kehrt nach Japan zurück, nachdem er von Shuichi verwandelt wurde

Kitarō, now transformed into a sea monster by Shūichi, finally gets back to Japan. However, before he could make his way home, Shūichi has convinced the Prime minster to send the army over to kill Kitarō. (Source: GeGeGe no Kitarō Wiki)

Nezumi-Otoko schlägt eine Spukattraktion mit authentischen Yōkai vor, um deren Realität für Menschen zu beweisen.

Nezumi-Otoko is unhappy with the current state of yōkai in the modern era. He complains that humans these days don't believe in yōkai anymore and has been making money telling silly stories and creating fake yōkai. But Kitarō disagrees, instead he believes its a good sign that humans aren't as afraid of yōkai, and the world seems more peaceful because of it. But Nezumi-Otoko still complains and asks Kitarō to show him real yōkai. Kitarō then takes him to a haunted attraction, where they meet a real yōkai hiding with a bunch of fake ones. It's there that Nezumi-Otoko gets an idea, and suggest that they should make their own haunted attraction, but using only real yōkai to scare the customers. Kitarō tells the yōkai not to scare the humans to much, so that they won't give away their identities. All goes well until a pair of humans enter the place, unfazed by the thrills, the men bully and abuse the yōkai. Making Kitarō and the others plot their revenge. (Source: GeGeGe no Kitarō Wiki)

Kitaro untersucht einen verfluchten Spiegel, der Gesichter stiehlt, was zu einem Kampf mit Kagami-Jijii führt.

While walking through the city with Nezumi-Otoko, Kitarō suddenly senses a yōkai presence. His Yōkai Antenna leads him to an old mirror in an antique shop. Nezumi-Otoko tries to warn the shop owner about the mirror but only ends up offending him with the very suggestion his product is cursed. Kitarō is worried the mirror might contain an evil force, so at Medama-Oyaji's suggestion he returns to the shop to investigate further. When he gets there, he discovers the mirror is already sold. After convincing the shop owner to tell him who he sold it to, Kitarō learns it was bought by a man named Ōyama. At the Ōyama house, the man gives the mirror to his daughter Kaori. However, during a blackout soon after, Kaori looks into the mirror, sees her face disappear, screams and faints. When her parents reach her room she is gone without a trace. Kitarō arrives at the house to investigate the mirror, but is denied due to the commotion so he tries to sneak in. He is arrested and brought to the station, but Nezumi-Otoko has already spoken to the police there so Kitarō is officially put on the case. When Kitarō asks to see the mirror, the Ōyama family maid reveals she was told to throw it away but ended up selling it to some strange old man who approached her while she was bringing it to the garbage. Kitarō believes the old man is a yōkai, so he asks to see the money he paid her, but all she has now are leaves. Medama-Oyaji recognizes the leaves as coming from Mt. Dekoboko, so they head there immediately. On their way to Mt. Dekoboko, Nezumi-Otoko becomes tired, so they stop at an abandoned house for the night. While looking for food outside, Nezumi-Otoko happens across the mirror from the antique shop. While distracted, the old man yōkai who tricked the maid kicks him into the mirror. Back at the house, Kitarō is suddenly attacked by an invisible entity. He restrains it with his blanket, but they hear a female voice say "I can't breath". Medama-Oyaji deduces that it is a young girl who has turned invisible somehow, but when asked why she is invisible she says that Kagami-Jijii kidnapped her stole her image. The girl turns out to be Oyama's missing daughter Kaori and she explains that she is trapped in Kagami-Jijii's mirror world. While searching for Kagami-Jijii the next day, Kitarō and Medama-Oyaji come across the invisible Nezumi-Otoko and promise to save his image as well. They find Kagami-Jijii in an old shack, leering at Kaori's image in his own mirror. He enters the mirror to pester her, so Kitarō knocks on the door, pretending to be an innocent traveler, and tries to take him by surprise. However, as Kagami-Jijii lives in the mirror world, he has no physical form, so Kitarō falls right through him. Kitarō uses strange abilities to dodge Kagami-Jijii's attacks as well and a brief battle ensues. In the end, however, Kagami-Jijii is able to throw him into the mirror, stealing his image, and the enters the mirror himself to finish him off. The invisible Kitarō in the real world informs Medama-Oyaji that he plans to break the mirror from the inside, which will destroy Kagami-Jijii but might also seal all of their images away forever. Before Kitarō can act, Kagami-Jijii comes out of the mirror and attacks Medama-Oyaji. The invisible Kitarō grabs onto Kagami-Jijii, which results in him forcing Kagami-Jijii's spirit out of his body, which then escapes to the mirror. Nezumi-Otoko then takes the opportunity to get a new body and enters Kagami-Jijii's physical form. Kitarō tells Nezumi-Otoko to let him use the body, but he refuses, so Kitarō smacks him around with Kagami-Jijii's cane. He gains control of the body and smashes the mirror, destroying Kagami-Jijii and returning everyone's image. On the walk to return Kaori to her parents, Nezumi-Otoko pesters her about a reward, much to Kitarō's chagrin. Kaori is willing to reward them, but Kitarō turns it down, saying he fights evil yōkai only to make the world a better place. (Source: GeGeGe no Kitarō Wiki)

Chūsuke missachtet eine Geisterbriefbox und besteigt den Mt. Irazu allein

A group of boys are riding their bikes. The leader of the group of friends, Chūsuke yells at rest for not being as fit as him, as they are not keeping up with his pace. On their way to his house, Chūsuke notices his friends had stopped behind him. The other kids had discovered a creepy thing in the woods and ponder together on what it could be. Nezumi-Otoko then appears and tells him it's a ghost mailbox that belongs to GeGeGe no Kitarō. As his friends shiver in fear, Chūsuke doesn't believe him and kicks at it. Ignoring Nezumi-Otoko's warnings Chūsuke pulls the mailbox out of the ground, throwing it away. Later in the day after the boys has had their lunch, Chūsuke decide to hike up Mt. Irazu by himself. The farmer that he met earlier told him that the mountain was dangerous, and he wanted to test if the story was true. (Source: GeGeGe no Kitarō Wiki)

Westliche Yōkai planen Umzug nach Japan angesichts der Kathedralenabtragung

In London, patrolling officers notices a strange glow coming out of the old abandoned cathedral. After getting backup, the police storm the cathedral in search of the hooligans that broke in. Instead a large round youkai with one eye appears and hypnotizes them all. News of this incident reaches its way to Japan. Meanwhile, the people in London had decided to demolish the cathedral. Medama-Oyaji is worried about this, telling Kitarou that the Western Youkai have always loved holding their parties in that cathedral, and that there is no way they will take this lying down. Sure enough the Yōkai in London are planning their attack on the humans, but Backbeard dismisses it. One small attack wouldn't be enough and tired of living in such cramped places surrounded by humans, he suggest that they moved to Japan, and remove all the humans there, as the first step of creating a kingdom for only youkai on the island. (Source: GeGeGe no Kitarō Wiki)

Kikaia Island Battle Intensifies as Backbeard Orders Human Massacre

The battle continues on Kikaia island. The western Yōkai have been putting up a greater fight than the Japanese yōkai anticipated, where many of them have been taken out. Nezumi-Otoko has been brainwashed by Backbeard, and Kitarō has been greatly weakened after having his Chanchanko stolen. Using the last of his strength, Kitarō shoots at Backbeard's eye before passing out, causing him to order a retreat. Nezumi-Otoko goes back to tell Backbard that Kitarō is still unconscious. Backbeard then orders an attack to destroy all the humans on the island before Kitarō awakens. (Source: GeGeGe no Kitarō Wiki)

Kitaro untersucht mysteriöse Explosionen in ganz Japan, während Nezumi-Otoko nach Süßigkeitsgeld sucht.

Mysterious explosions have been happening all across Japan. Kitarō suspects an evil Yōkai is involved. Nezumi-Otoko then leaves to play pachinko, promising Kitarō that he'll come back with candy, but only if Kitaro pays him of course. Meanwhile, Jakotsu-Babaa warns the yōkai involved in the explosions, Nurarihyon, that Kitarō has been snooping nearby... (Source: GeGeGe no Kitarō Wiki)

Kitaro entdeckt auf Ghost T.V. die gesuchten Bankräuber, während sie sich auf den Weg zu seiner Hütte machen

Late at night, an intense cop chase is occurring. But the bank robbers managed to get away. Meanwhile Kitaro is looking into a round crystal called a Ghost T.V, and spots the wanted criminals inside. He asks his father what it could mean, but Medama-Oyaji doesn't see anything and tells Kitaro he's been watching to much ghost T.V and suggest he should go outside for a walk. Nezumi-Otoko then walks into their home, telling Kitaro that he has some news, but can't remember what it was... The criminals had made their way to an old graveyard, and they come across a farmer who warns them that they could die if they continue going down this road. The man tries to explain to them that Kitaro's cottage is nearby, and that he is able to send them to hell. But the men disregard the warnings, and instead head directly towards the cottage to use it as a hideout. (Source: GeGeGe no Kitarō Wiki)

Suiko befreit einen gefangenen Wassertiger, während sie mit ihrem Hund Jiro die Gräber ihrer Eltern besucht.

A young beekeeper named Suiko is visiting her parent's grave with her dog Jiro. A gust of wind then blows and Suiko hears someone calling for help. Her dog tries to stop her from investigating, but Suiko manages to approach a stack of rocks that the voice was coming from. The rocks then crumple revealing a hole underneath, and Jiro runs away. Suiko then heads down the hole to help the person stuck inside, but she only finds a jar. She brings the jar back up and opens in, unleashing the water tiger that was trapped inside. (Source: GeGeGe no Kitarō Wiki)

Ein vampirischer Baseballspieler bedroht den Vorsitzenden Hanabishi nach dem Angriff im Krankenhaus

A vampire who can control bats using his guitar, has attacked the chairman of the Hanabishi Congolmerate. The chairman was luckily saved and brought to the hospital. However the vampire liked the taste of this man's blood so much. He sent flowers and a letter to the chairman, stating that he'll be back for more. Rather than get the police involved, The chairman instead seeks the aid of Gegege no Kitaro. (Source: GeGeGe no Kitarō Wiki)

Medama-Oyaji sucht einen Yokai-Arzt, während Kitaro der Vampire Elite mit seinen Geta folgt

The Vampire Elite has managed to melt Kitaro down into a puddle. But Medama-Oyaji is convinced that his son is still alive and can be revived. While Medama-Oyaji works on a plan to bring Kitaro to Mount Osore to the yokai doctor, Kitaro uses his clogs to follow the Elite Vamire and Nezumi-Otoko. (Source: GeGeGe no Kitarō Wiki)

Nezume-otoko greift Cats' Barrow an und bittet Kitaro um Hilfe nach einem Baggerunfall.

The chairman of Highway co.'s is upset at the blueprints for the new roads. He want only comfortable straight roads, and orders that his workers destroy the Cats' Barrow instead of going around it. However Cats' Barrow is a sacred resting place for cats, and is under the protection of Neko-Sennin. One of the new workers, Nezume-otoko pushes aside the workers that are hesitating destroying the Cats' Barrow. And gets on one of the bulldozers. But he losses control of it and gets attacked by a hoard of cats. The wounded Nezume then heads to Kitaro for help. (Source: GeGeGe no Kitarō Wiki)

Kitaro und Nezumi-Otoko treffen auf eine Hexe, die Naoko während eines Festival-Aufenthalts rekrutiert.

Kitaro and Nezume-Otoko are enjoying the festival. They decide to stay the night at a hotel. When the owner of the Inn brings them to their room, her daughter Naoko startles her. Naoko claims to hear a strange sound from outside, but her mom dismisses it as the festival's drums, and tells her to go outside and play. Naoko does so, and decides to investigate the noise by herself. She reaches an area outside of town and meets a witch, who offers to take Naoko in as an apprentice and train her to become a witch. (Source: GeGeGe no Kitarō Wiki)

Kitaro hilft dem alten Mann, der in Okuyama Village zum Baum wird

An old man who has journeyed far has finally found Kitaro, and begs him for his help. Kitaro notices that the old man's feet are turning into roots. Before the old man's tree transformation is complete, he tells Kitaro to go to the Mountains of Nagano and save his village of Okuyama. Where the community there is suffering from an epidemic, and the whole town is slowly turning into red Vampire Trees. (Source: GeGeGe no Kitarō Wiki)

Amefuri-Kozo bittet Kitaro um Hilfe wegen eines tödlichen Befehls von Lord Yama.

Amefuri-Kozo arrives to Kitaro's house, asking for his advice on a difficult situation. He has gotten a letter from Lord Yama (A.K.A Enma-Daiō), ordering him to kill a human who has done misdeeds. But no matter how evil the human is, Amefuri doesn't have the heart to kill someone. Medama-Oyaji explains that there are demons inside of every human body called a Sanchu, Who notifies to Yama the evil deeds of that person. And sometimes will select a appropriate yokai to kill them. Conveniently for them, Neko-Musume arrives and offers to take Amefuri-Kozo's job of his hands. (Source: GeGeGe no Kitarō Wiki)

Kitaro steht dem 808 Tanuki und einem falschen Mond gegenüber, die Japan bedrohen

In Shikoku, construction work with dynamite was begun near the mountain home of the 808 Tanuki. And old lady warns the crew not to disturb them, but she is laughed off and taken away. Sure enough, the 808 Tanuki are released and scare off the crew. The old lady reaches a police box and tells the officer to phone the government. They get through to a politician (from here on referred to as "the secretary"), but are taken out by a tanuki in a kimono before they can give him much information. The secretary tells his aide to set up a meeting to deal with the possible threat. Later, a second moon appears over Tokyo, sending the people into a panic. Kitarō arrives and points out to the crowd that the moon is fake. He explains that it is the work of yōkai, but is laughed off by everyone. The secretary and his aide then follow him in their car and requests his presence at a meeting the next day to discuss the situation. But as Kitarō heads home, the second moon follows him closely, and he runs for his life. He trips over a patch of dirt that turns out to be a disguised tanuki, and a large tanuki named Dansaburō leads others in beating Kitarō with clubs. The next day, an unconscious Kitarō is found in the river by Nezumi-Otoko. Medama-Oyaji explains that the 808 Tanuki are making their move and they must run away. GGGnK68 EP21.jpg Before they get too far, they are quickly surrounded by tanuki. A tanuki in a top hat explains to them that they plan to take over the surface world and turn it into a tanuki kingdom. They also reveal that the second moon is actually the egg of the giant beast Kōryū (the titular Yō-Kaijū). They then bring them back to Shikoku to meet their leader, the Gyōbu-Danuki. The Gyōbu-Danuki tells his minions to take them to see their other giant beast, the Ōnamazu. There they see the secretary has been captured as well, but he tells them he had already given the order to launch an attack on the second moon, unaware it contained Kōryū. Sure enough, back in Tokyo, the army launches a missile at the egg, dropping it into the Tokyo Bay. In retaliation, Gyōbu-Danuki demands the secretary speak to the government about handing over Japan. He refuses, but Kitarō convinces him to go along with what they say for now. The Gyōbu-Danuki gives Kitarō three days to help the secretary get things in order, and he kisses him on the cheek to symbolize the promise. Kitarō instead gets to work resealing the 808 Tanuki's cave with Nezumi-Otoko's help, although Medama-Oyaji warns him against breaking a promise with the Gyōbu-Danuki. Although the tanuki are sealed again, Kitarō's cheek that was kissed suddenly swells and the next day he begins transforming into a tanuki. Knowing Kitarō will object to it, Medama-Oyaji and Nezumi-Otoko drug his food and head back to Shikoku to break the new seal, hoping it will end the curse. They succeed in breaking the seal but are immediately captured by the re-released tanuki. Kitarō returns to normal but then hears an unfamiliar roar in the distance. He travels by Bake-Garasu to Tokyo just as Kōryū hatches from it's egg and rises from Tokyo Bay. The episode ends as Kōryū goes on a rampage, completely undeterred by the army's missiles. (Source: GeGeGe no Kitarō Wiki)

Kitaro kämpft gegen Koryu und Onamazu, während Tanuki Tokyo beherrschen, in diesem dramatischen zweiten Teil.

Kōryū rampages through Tokyo before burrowing a giant hole in Mt. Fuji, giving the tanuki a path directly to Tokyo. The Gyōbu-Danuki demands the Japanese government to hand over the country, and in the face of their overwhelming power, he has no choice but to comply. Kitarō seeks help from Ittan-Momen and the two of them head off to the city to fight Kōryū, but are overwhelmed and defeated. They are captured and Kitarō is forced to surrender under the threat of Medama-Oyaji being beheaded, while Nezumi-Otoko, on the other hand, had switched to the tanuki side. Ittan-Momen, believed dead, is used by the tanuki Dansaburō as a loincloth. Kitarō and Medama-Oyaji are fed to Ōnamazu, but one of Kitarō's geta falls off before he is swallowed. The geta jumps to the monster's nostril and tickles it until it spits them out and they attempt to make their escape. Ōnamazu catches him with it's whisker and throws him into the water, but Kitarō finally stuns the beast with a surge of his electric powers. As they recuperate, Medama-Oyaji tells Kitarō the only way to seal Ōnamazu is to find the magic capstone the tanuki removed from over it's home. As construction on Tanuki Castle is nearly completed, Dansaburō takes a nap and is strangled to death by Ittan-Momen, who had only been playing dead. Nezumi-Otoko and two tanuki find him and deduce that it as Ittan-Momen's doing. As the tanuki go to hunt him down, Ittan-Momen captures Nezumi-Otoko and forces him to help him get close to the Gyōbu-Danuki. Meanwhile, Kitarō finds the capstone and is compelled to touch it and turns to stone upon doing so. Medama-Oyaji realizes this is probably a curse place on it by the Gyōbu-Danuki. The curse doesn't last long, though, as around the same time Ittan-Momen is able to get close to Gyōbu-Danuki and strangle him. Once he is knocked unconscious, Kitarō returns to normal and makes a run for it. Nezumi-Otoko is chased down and beaten by the tanuki while Ittan-Momen is captured an cut up into pieces. Nezumi-Otoko is then tied up and sentenced to be burned at the stake for betraying the tanuki. Kōryū melting from Kitarō's stomach acids Nezumi-Otoko's cross falls over, causing the a tanuki to fall back and knock over a pail of water. The water is soaked up by the pieces of Ittan-Momen, which then expand and reconnect, bringing him back to life. Before the tanuki can set fire to Nezumi-Otoko, Ittan-Momen saves him and they make their escape. Kitaro comes to the giant hole Kōryū dug and runs into the secretary just as the beast is released once again. Kōryū steps on Kitarō, so the secretary decides to seek help from the Hokkaido branch of the army. Just as Ittan-Momen and Nezumi-Otoko arrive, Kōryū begins to melt. As it turns out, Kitarō was crushed so hard his stomach burst, causing his powerful stomach acid to melt himself and Kōryū down to a puddle. Medama-Oyaji weeps because, since Kitarō and Kōryū have melted together, it will be harder than normal for Kitarō to revive himself. Ittan-Momen then suggests Resurrection Powder, which should be able to separate Kitarō's essence from Kōryū's. The tanuki are preparing to grind the men of Japan into sausage when Gyōbu-Danuki receives the news that Kōryū has been defeated. He summons Ōnamazu out of the depths to rampage through Tokyo. The Hokkaido army arrives to fight back, but they are completely wiped out by Ōnamazu. Meanwhile, Kitarō's puddle has successfully separated from Kōryū's puddle and he is ready to fight. Nezumi-Otoko informs him of the situation and how not even the American army stood a chance, but Kitarō refuses to quit and asks Ittan-Momen if he can carry his puddle, which eventually begins to reshape into his original body. They soon find Ōnamazu in the middle of the ocean and are almost immediately eaten. However, Kitarō is able to control Ōnamazu from the inside and makes it swim away from Japan to the arctic circle, where it freezes solid. Meanwhile, Medama-Oyaji heads back to Shikoku with Nezumi-Otoko to once again repair the seal on their cave. Nezumi-Otoko is chased by the tanuki as Medama-Oyaji replaces the seal. Once it is done, the tanuki all turn to stone and Tanuki Castle in Tokyo crumbles to pieces. Later, the secretary thanks Medama-Oyaji and Nezumi-Otoko in place of Kitarō, as he and Ittan-Momen have not been seen since they left with Ōnamazu. After the secretary leaves, Umi-Jijii walks up, having found frozen Kitarō and Ittan-Momen frozen and floating in his sea. Medama-Oyaji and Nezumi-Otoko take them to a hospital, where Ittan-Momen is sewn back together and Kitarō is put in an incubator, with hopes that Kitarō will be back to normal in a couple of months. (Source: GeGeGe no Kitarō Wiki)

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